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Late minister Mervyn Taylor and lawmaker Nuala Fennell stand in front of praliament in Dublin, Ireland on Nov. 4, 1982. (Independent News And Media/Getty Images)

Mervyn Taylor, Ireland’s first Jewish cabinet minister, dies at 89

“It comes from 2,000 years of history,” Taylor told a reporter about his drive to help minority groups and marginalized populations as the Irish Labour Party’s top equality officer.

The Cathedral of Bergen, Norway. (Wikimedia Commons / Diego Delso)

Norwegian church hosts photo exhibition saying Palestinians are ‘crucified daily’

A leader of the Jewish community in Oslo and a pro-Israel group charged that the language evokes age-old Christian antisemitic allegations that Jews are guilty of deicide.

‘A steadfast ally’: Angela Merkel’s departure from politics is a sad moment for many German Jews

Despite Merkel’s mixed legacy at home, the European Jewish establishment sees her departure as the loss of “a reliable partner for the Jewish community.”